> From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
> I'm about to experiment with hooking a 20 year old Technics
> turntable up to my B/W G3 using a small pre-amp between them. It'll
> allow me to convert all my old vinyl to MP3
Not to suggest that your uninformed, but you *do* know that MP3 is lossy
compression? I know some people like MP3 due to the small size of the
files, but they sound like dirt to me. Why not just convert 'em to
CD-ROMs???
Glen
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> There were three competing systems: QS (Sansui), SQ (Sony) and CD-4
> (JVC). Only the CD-4, which used a supersonic subcarrier a la FM
> broadcasting, required a special stylus on the cartridge (Shibata).
I bought and assembled the Southwest Technical Products CD-4
decoder, but could never get it operational (SWTP == on-topic).
If anyone on the list knows of anyone with experience
with this decoder, I'd appreciate a pointer in their
direction...
Joe <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Is anyone familar with the Bering HP-IB disk drives? I found one that
> looks like it uses the 8" Bernoulli cartridges.
I'm not really familiar with them, but this is the sort of business
that Bering has been in for a while: plug-compatible replacements for
HP-IB disc and tape drives. More recently they have used Zip and Jaz
and magneto-optical drives. I wouldn't be surprised to find that this
plays like a 790[567].
They have a web site at http://www.bering.com/ but it doesn't go
much into their older products. You might be able to send them
e-mail about it though.
-Frank McConnell
> From: Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net>
> I don't do any recording, although, I do have some very old records that
> I've thought about copying to CD. I don't have a turn table that would
> be handy, However :-(
Showing My Age Dept: Turntables seem to be more available now. I went out
to purchase one around '94 or so and at the first three stereo shops I
visited, the young person behind the counter said "You mean a record
player?? Why do you want one of those?" Sheesh.
> What's the Joystick for?
Spacial control -- left, right, front and rear. This replaces the
two-directional balance control found on stereo amps.
> In order to really use it, you have to be playing a Quadraphonic
> recorded record right? LP's were it back then, right?
Wrong. Some quad reel-to-reel tapes were produced. LPs were *mostly* it
-- Dark Side of the Moon was probably the biggest selling quad LP. The
opening "cash register" sounds on "Money" produced an excellent effect.
There were at least two different quad formats. IIRC, one required
decoding in the hardware (my Fisher has an "SQ decoder" switch).
I'll bet it's next to impossible to find a working quad turntable these
days. I could convert some stereo recordings to "simulated" quad for
playback on a four-track cassette, but it would be more fun to find a
'table and some original quad records.
Glen
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:
> Okay, the ISL is loaded. What did you get when you tried
> to select the VAXVMS_072 service (I think that's the name)?
Well, actually there is no infoserver running. Just found the file name
>from OpenVMS installation documents and also from OpenVMS 7.2 disk, copied
it to [MOM$SYSTEM] and surprised it worked at all.
Anyway that proves to me that the network is not totally broken.
Regards,
--Saku
Well, I'm sure most everyone has heard about the awful flood we had down
here in Houston last year. Quite abit of stuff I had stored away was
damaged, but not totally ruined.
Today I found several boxes of 10MB Bernoulli cartridges I had stored
away, which were covered with a gray powder-like mold. It seems to be easy
to clean off the plastic housing, but I found it has also started to grow
on the magnetic media itself.
Does anyone know of a way to remove the mold that won't damage the
magnetic media? Also, does anyone remember the trick to opening the
shutter on these 8" cartridges?
-Toth
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:56:51 -0500
> From: Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net>
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Questions about a PDP11/93
>
> Doc Shipley wrote:
> > So the questions:
> > Can anybody point me to pictures of an 11/93 that's NOT in a BA23?
>
> The BA23 is rackmountable. Maybe it is a rack with two PDP11/93's in
> it.
>
> > What's it worth, obsession aside? It's probably going to cost me about
> > $0.50/lb, USD. That's delivered to my garage. I'm guessing that's in
> > the $200 realm.
>
> I think, the 11/93 is a 20mhz J11 CPU. I've seen the 18mhz J11 cpu go
> for well over $100 on Ebay, so I'd think the 11/93's cpu would be worth
> quite a bit. Plus, I don't usually hear of the 11/93 on this list, so
> that may mean that they are one of the more rare PDP11's. Comments
> anyone?
Maybe it is a dual-box BA23 system. You can tell by looking at
the back of the box(es) where the dual-box system has one (6U) back
cover spanning the two boxes.
Does the rack have extra-thick side panels with cooling fans in them?
That would be the "elephant ears" add-on which was typical for such
a system.
carl
--
carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu
I picked up a Honeywell 316 from a local scrap yard today. I gave the inside
a good looking over, and it looks perfect. It's also so clean, that I don't
really think I could help it by cleaning the boards. So I guess I'm ready to
power it up, which leads me to my question: Lacking a power cord, how do I
plug it in?
The power supply has no cord coming out of it. What is does have is a
standard 3-prong plug sticking out of the back, just like the kind that
plugs into the wall. So, can I just run an extension cord from it to the
wall, or is there something more to it than that?
Owen
>Did you use the right felt washers sold for VCR repair, or try to use the
>stuff from a craft shop? The latter is not going to work properly.
Yeah... I specifically bought VCR clutch felts. When those didn't work, I
considered buying craft store felt, but never saw anything remotely close
to the right thing (craft store felt is too soft and flexible)
>And let me guess, service manuals are unobtainable?
Bingo... if I was an authorized repair shop, I could buy a manual... but
then, if I was an authorized repair shop, they would look up the part
number for me, and sell it to me.
-chris
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